Tennis is an expensive sport. Lessons, Court time, Racquets, Grips, Strings, Apparel, Hotels, Flights, Entry Fees, Missing work. The list goes on and on and on. Some parents try to coach on the side to save some money, some send their kids to boarding schools because they can’t afford to drive them around and travel to tournaments, some give up their jobs to just travel. People try to get by. In this time of failing economy, job and salary cuts, the number of tennis players has not decreased but the amount of withdrawals from tournaments has. Meaning people are suffering a bit more. Here are some tips to save the family budget:
1. Write a letter to some racquet manufacturers stating your problem, your kids ranking and maybe a character sketch from their coach, asking for a discount or some free frames, strings, grips
2. See if your kid can volunteer to be a hitter at a local park or a club to get some free court time. Or just have your kid jump into other practices, extra tennis never hurt anyone
3. Send your kids to bigger tournaments alone, most nationals and ITfs have housing and transportation to and from
4. See if you can find sponsors among local chains, they could write it off and you could give them free advertising by sporting their logos.
5. See if you qualify for a USTA grant. Check out the official player development website for that.
6. Tennis Racquets for Kids,Inc. can also help provide racquets to those children who are not tournament players, but wish to experience the game.
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